Richard Crenna
Born: 1926-11-30 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Died: 2003-01-17
Known For: Acting
Biography
Richard Donald Crenna (November 30, 1926 – January 17, 2003) was an American motion picture, television, and radio actor and occasional television director. He starred in such motion pictures as The Sand Pebbles, Wait Until Dark, Body Heat, the first three Rambo movies, Hot Shots! Part Deux, and The Flamingo Kid. Crenna played "Walter Denton" in the CBS radio and CBS-TV network series Our Miss Brooks, and "Luke McCoy" in ABC's TV comedy series, The Real McCoys, (1957–63), which moved to CBS-TV in September 1962. Crenna was in one of the few TV political dramatic series Slattery's People on CBS. Crenna played "Colonel Trautman" in the first three Rambo movies. He also played "Frank Skimmerhorn" in the critically acclaimed mini-series Centennial.
Filmography
2008
- Rambo as Col. Samuel Trautman (archive footage) (uncredited)
2003
- Out of the Ashes as Jake Smith
2002
- Afganistan: Land in Crisis as Self
2001
- The Day Reagan Was Shot as Ronald Reagan
- By Dawn's Early Light as Ben Maxwell
2000
- Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For as Warren Pierce
1999
- Judging Amy as Jared Duff
- To Serve and Protect as Howard Carr
- To Serve and Protect as Howard Carr
1998
- Wrongfully Accused as Fergus Falls
1997
- Deep Family Secrets as Clay Chadway
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea as Professor Aronnax
- Heart Full of Rain as Arliss Dockett
- Atlantis: In Search of a Lost Continent as Himself / Narrator
1996
- E! True Hollywood Story
- Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah as John Porter
- The Real Las Vegas as Narrator (voice)
1995
- JAG as Harmon Rabb Sr. (voice)
- Sabrina as Patrick Tyson
- Jade as Governor Edwards
- A Pyromaniac's Love Story as Tom Lumpke (uncredited)
- In the Name of Love: A Texas Tragedy as Luke Constable Sr.
1994
- Chicago Hope as Martin Rockwell
- Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence as Jonathan Stone
- The Forget-Me-Not Murders as Frank Janek
- Janek: The Silent Betrayal as Frank Janek
1993
- Hot Shots! Part Deux as Col. Denton Walters
- Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology
- A Place to Be Loved as George Russ
1992
- Intruders as Dr. Neil Chase
- Terror on Track 9 as Det. Frank Janek
1991
- Pros and Cons as Mitch O'Hannon
- And the Sea Will Tell as Vincent Bugliosi
- And the Sea Will Tell as Vincent Bugliosi
1990
- Gabriel's Fire
- Montana as Hoyce Guthrie
- Last Flight Out as Dan Hood
- Murder in Black and White as Frank Janek
- Murder Times Seven as Frank Janek
1989
- Leviathan as Dr. Glen 'Doc' Thompson
- The Case of the Hillside Stranglers as Sgt. Bob Grogan
- Stuck with Each Other as Bert Medwick
- Mort Sahl: The Loyal Opposition as Narrator
1988
- Rambo III as Trautman
- Internal Affairs as Frank Janek
1987
- Police Story: The Freeway Killings as Deputy Chief Bob Devers
- Kids Like These as Bob Goodman
- Plaza Suite as Roy Hubley
1986
- On Wings of Eagles as H. Ross Perot
- A Case of Deadly Force as Lawrence O'Donnell Sr.
- The High Price of Passion as Williams Douglas
1985
- Rambo: First Blood Part II as Col. Samuel Trautman
- Summer Rental as Al Pellet
- Doubletake as Frank Janek
- The Rape of Richard Beck as Richard Beck
1984
- The Flamingo Kid as Phil Brody
- Passions as Richard Kennerly
- Squaring the Circle as The Narrator
1983
- Table for Five as Mitchell
- Allison Sydney Harrison ... (Director)
1982
- First Blood as Col. Samuel Trautman
- It Takes Two
- The Day the Bubble Burst as Jesse Livermore
- The Magic Statue ... (Director)
1981
- Body Heat as Edmund Walker
- The Ordeal of Bill Carney as Mason Rose
- Daniel Boone as Daniel Boone
- Musical Comedy Tonight II as Self
1980
- Death Ship as Trevor Marshall
- Fugitive Family as Brian Roberts
- Joshua's World as Dr. Joshua Torrance
1979
- Turnabout ... (Director)
- Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure as William Brewster
- Stone Cold Dead as Sgt. Boyd
- Wild Horse Hank as Pace Bradford
- Better Late Than Never ... (Director)
1978
- Centennial as Colonel Frank Skimmerhorn
- Grandpa Goes to Washington ... (Director)
- The Evil as C.J. Arnold
- A Fire in the Sky as Jason Voight
- Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell as Mike Barry
- First, You Cry as David Towers
1977
- Lou Grant ... (Director)
- James at 16 ... (Director)
- Rosetti and Ryan ... (Director)
- The War Between the Tates as Professor Brian Tate
1976
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- People's Choice Awards as Self - Host
- Breakheart Pass as Gov. Richard Fairchild
- A Girl Named Sooner as R.J. 'Mac' McHenry
1974
- The Rockford Files ... (Director)
- Nightmare as Howard Faloon
- Honky Tonk as Candy Johnson
- Shootout in a One-Dog Town as Zack Wells
- Double Solitaire as Charley Potter
1973
- Jonathan Livingston Seagull as Father (voice)
- Double Indemnity as Walter Neff
- The Man Called Noon as Noon
1971
- Catlow as Cowan
- Doctors' Wives as Pete Brennan
- Thief as Neal Wilkinson
- Red Sky at Morning as Frank Arnold
1970
- The Deserter as Major Wade Brown
1968
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self
- Star! as Richard Aldrich
1967
- The Carol Burnett Show as Self
- Wait Until Dark as Mike Talman
1966
- The Sand Pebbles as Captain Collins
- Summer Fun ... (Director)
- Made in Paris as Herb Stone
1965
- John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! as John Goldfarb
1964
- Slattery's People as James Slattery
- Wendy and Me ... (Director)
- No Time for Sergeants ... (Director)
1963
- Kraft Suspense Theatre as Edward Smalley
- The Danny Kaye Show as Self
- Vacation Playhouse ... (Director)
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1960
- The Andy Griffith Show ... (Director)
1959
- Disneyland '59 as Self
1957
- The Real McCoys as Luke McCoy
1956
- Our Miss Brooks as Walter Denton
- Over-Exposed as Russell Bassett
1955
- Cheyenne
- Matinee Theater
- The Millionaire as Ralph McKnight
- Frontier
1952
- Today as Himself - Actor
- Our Miss Brooks as Walter Denton
- Red Skies of Montana as Noxon (uncredited)
- It Grows on Trees as Ralph Bowen
- The Pride of St. Louis as Paul Dean
1951
- I Love Lucy as Arthur Morton
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee